Local epidemiology and resistance profiles in acute uncomplicated cystitis (AUC) in women: a prospective cohort study in an urban urological ambulatory setting

Autor: Michael Seitz, Christian Stief, Raphaela Waidelich
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2789-7
Popis: Abstract Background Acute uncomplicated cystitis (AUC) is a common ailment in the urological setting. Guidelines for urinary tract infections are based on large-scale multi-centre, epidemiological and international studies. The objective of this observational study was to establish whether the results of a multi-centre study on the resistance profile of Escherichia coli (E. coli) in patients with AUC could be directly applied to an urological practice in a major European city or whether there are divergences in the resistance profile. Methods An observational study was applied prospectively to 502 patients with AUC between January 2015 and January 2017). Personal data were anonymised. Exclusion criteria were the patient’s age (
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